Facilitators & Recorders Needed for MAC Roundtables

Facilitators & Recorders needed for MAC Roundtables.  Facilitators and recorders earn one point toward membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) for serving in these roles If you would like to share your skills and expertise as a facilitator or a recorder, please email Lois Culler at Lois.Culler@Inova.org.   1.

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Results of MAC 2011 Elections

The results of the MAC 2011 election are in. Our new MAC Officers are: Stefanie Warlick – MAC Chair elect/Chair/Past Chair Lara Handler – MAC Secretary Melissa Ratejeski – MLA Chapter Council Representative Bart Ragon – MLA Chapter Council Representative Alternate M.J. Tooey – MAC representative to MLA Nominating Committee Please congratulate

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Paper and Poster Sessions at MAC 2011 Richmond!

Contributed Papers: Ever wanted to learn more about how to create effective posters for conference presentations? Or do you want to discover how to promote your hospital library?  Or would you like to hear about how libraries are using iPads? While at the MAC-MLA Meeting in Richmond, plan to attend the Contributed

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MAC Retiree: Steve Owens

Steve Owen is retiring from the Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast/Cabarrus College of Health Sciences in Concord after twenty years. He was born in Winston-Salem. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1971, did graduate work in history at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and completed his master of library science

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Job Opening: Library/Knowledge Management Intern

Institution: Vanderbilt University Library Library: Eskind Biomedical Library Closing Date: 12/31/2011 Description: Eskind Biomedical Library (EBL) and Knowledge Management (KM) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) offer a one-year Library/Knowledge Management Intern appointment with the possibility for extension to a second year Fellowship given appropriate demonstration of skills/knowledge and successful completion of

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Bio of Recent MAC Retiree: Hattie Vines

The Duke Medical Library bids farewell to longtime staff member Hattie Vines, who retired this summer after forty years of service. In addition to her role as Cataloging and Bibliographic Services Librarian, she served as a reference librarian, providing  answers to questions and performing database searches Hattie is the only remaining staff member who

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MAC Meeting: Meet the Speakers

2011 MAC/MLA Annual Meeting Capitalize On Our StrengthsOctober 10-12, 2011, Richmond, VA Meeting Keynote Tuesday, October 11, 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM Adjunct Clinical Professor, Health Communication Program Tufts University School of MedicineHealthcare consumers are going online before, after, and instead of doctor’s visits. Use of the web and

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Biographies of Recent MAC/MLA Retirees

Sally Ann Brown West Virginia University Sally Brown, an Information Services Librarian at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Library in Morgantown, retired November 30, 2009 after 34 years of service. She began working at the library in 1975 as an acquisitions assistant. She became a reference assistant after earning an MLIS

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